Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1887-10-14
NEWS IN GENERAL.
DOMESTIC

terror in which Miss Alice (. ble.cher, re
Gently appointed special agent and ssDt 70
| the Winnebago agency to divide their lands
/ in ssvoralty to those Indians, is charged with
J refusing to allow the Indians to retain their
| improvements. The Indian memorialiSts say
! they believe Miss Fletcher Is Under corrupt
| influences, and Is itsing her official power to
| deprive them of their best lands. The COM
plant is signed by six chiefs Miss
! Fletcher ia native of Boston, and was
! given special Commission by Secretary Of
| the Interior Schurz in 1920 divide the lands
of the Omaha Indians in sevef6ity, Since
then she has figured as Representatives vt
the WomRn's Indian Association of Philadel-
phia. She was appointed by Secretary
Lamar special Indian agent, and sent to
altot the lands of the WinneSago Indians un-
der the Dawes 5everalty bill.
A special from Tampa, Fla. says: Physi-
cinne have pronounced the existence f Yel-
lov, fever. The people are panic stricken,
! and the city Is being deserted The fever will
not likely Become 0pf'eInic for several days,
if at ALL There is little real cal'Se for general
alarm, as tho weather is most favorable to
health, and early frost is anticipated
a. II. Snell paying teller of the Fulton
I Bank, Brooklyn, Y. Y, has been arrested,
charged with defFauding the bank of Sl2, 900
by cashing checks tShich he knew to be
worthless. 1t is supposed that the amount
stated by the bank, $4,000, is too small 1t
Is reported that the total dedication may
reach S1CG0G0i Smells operations have been
going on only Snort tiTie. His method was
to cash forged checks. drairn in the name Of
actual depOsitors, by which means hs could
pay out large sums, but could not avoid de-
lection very long, and it is supposed that the
conspirators intended to make a quick and
large haul and hee
The Methodist churches Of New York dis
trict, in conference, declined to admit and
ordain Charles Rogers of Connecticut be
cause is was alleged that he occasionally
played cards
At the Woman's Suffrage party's head
quarters, New York, legal opinions were
Washington territory, ex-Chief Justice
MCCurdy OF Connecticut, ex-Chief Justice
Cole of Iowa, tX-Judge Waite of Chicago,
ex-Judge Culver of Brooklyn, and other
equally distinguished lawyers, fully indors-
ing Mr.. Hamilton NEicoxs claim that
women are legally entitled to yote.
The 30 drivers of the Fifth avenue stage
line have been on a strike, because they were
ordered 70 wear high hats and reG-faced uni
forms The company compromised on derbys
and made other concessions.
Isaac Simon and Louis Barger, partners III
a Broadway (N " cloak making business,
who failed recently were arrested to-day on
the charge of obtaining under false represen-
tatiOns large quantities Of goods just before
|
same purpose to relatives in Troy. The goods
shipped to Troy have been attached. The
schedules Of tie firm filed show liabilities of
$50 900, nominal assets SlS,2lS and aCtua! as
,ets $82lS
, A special from the Grow Indian agency
says: 10 Crows left their agency under the
leadership of Sword Bearer, u young medi-
cine man, for the Piegan country, from which
tribe they stole II horses and on their return
took an unknown number from settlers along
the route. They deied the authority Of the
Indian police and five Of their number rode
around the agency, firing into several build
ings, the agents house and the etrader's store.
Sword Bearer now has an estimated follow
ing of 900 He has retreated to the noun
tains with bis braves and is making medi-
cine and holding war dance.
Horatio Williams, the electrician of the
, Boston police department, was drugged and
robbed of $500, gold watch and revolver
, in Chicago avenue saloon recently
Bertha Jarrett, an actress residing in New
York, has obtained an absolute divorce from
her husband, Asbury Jarrett q theatrical
manager, on the ground of adultery com
mitted i'll Boston On Dccemcer 20, 1885.
A dispatch from Key West, Fla, says that
long before the disease at Tampa was official
ly pronounced to be yellow fever a hurried
J exodus occurred, the city now being virtual
: ly deserted. Stores, hotels in fact all places
Of business are closed, the proprietorS having
fed. The panic is so great that in many in
stances thousands of dollars worth Of proper
ty was left unprotected, and special police
had to be sworn in to prevent depredations.
The disease is typical yellow jack Of the most
virulent character the worst feature being
that no effort was made to prevent itsspread.
Mattresses and bedding covered with black
vomit were exposed in the streets.
Mrs. John S. Naylor of Philadelphia, Pa,
was KILLED III East FalrmounU fark by at
, tempting to Jump from brougham whirled
. along by team Of runaway horses. Mrs
= William DisstOn, who was also in the car
/ liage, leaped but alighted in safety. Mrs.
Naylor was the wife of John s. Naylor,
general manager OF the Peoples Iron
Works She was 35 years old, and leaves
three children.
Five lives have been sacrificed in the latest
Kentucky feud on Yellow Creek, Bell county.
The fight is between the families OF Lee
Turner and General Sowders, who are
brothers in law, and their respective friends,
> and grew out OF a domestic quarrel. Sow
? ders shot and killed Turner, escaped, and is
A still at large. Harvey Turner then shot and
+ killed Jim Rains, friend of Sowders. While
!, the sheiilfs posse were after Harvey Turner
l they met Jack Turner and some of his friends.
= and in the fight George Thomas, marshal,
, was killed. Jack Turner was shot by Marsh
, Turner some days afterward, and Howard
Munroe of the Turner faction has since been
killed by unknown parties
Over 2O0O brass workers OF New York and
1 Brooklyn are locked out because they would
| not relinquish the Saturday half-holiday.
2 The locked out men are confident of winning
: in the fight They say they will also receive
9 help from the building trades, which will
caution its members not to handle the goods
q made by the firms OF the association
: An attempt WIS IN ,de to wreck the Yank-
= = ton passenger train Oh the Milwaukee 81 st.
Paul road, on u curve near Ella Point, by
: fastening an oak tie on the track, The engi-
neer discovered the obstruction Zoo late &c
stop, but, luckily the train was not derailed
: Over 500 eXcursionists were crowded into the
: coaches, and, hal the designs of the villains
! been accomplished, the loss of life would have
: been frightful.
Gus Williams, the comedian, was surprised
a few days ago by receiving demand from
a New York matrimonial agency for 500 FOL
services in securing him wife. The agency
threatened suit and Mr.. Williams has placed
. the matter in his New York lawyers hands
He says he courted his wife himself, an
never heard of the agency until now. He
: married under his real nan2 and not under
his stage name Of Williams.
i Evidence has been brought to light of 4
i horrible crime, or series of crimes, in Hurley
: Wis. A day or two ago some men went on a
t hunting expedition up ravine, and righ
s beside the ruins Of an old dance house, under
8 some rotten logs and a slight covering O
e earth, they saw the decomposed corpseS O
t seven men, evidently murdered. They
/ lay just as the slayers had thrown
d them, some with gaping wounds, show
It ing that they bad fought hard for thei
4 lives, while others lay huddled up as if thei
;, murderers had done their work while their vic
d tins lay in drunken stupor. The hunter
d informed the proper authorities but an in
J, vestigation, which has just closed, failed t
!, disclose the identity of the men or any evi
= deuce as IN the murderers Tho victims VIII